2 dead, 3 wounded after shootings and stabbing within 24 hours in Baltimore

A violent 24-hour stretch in Baltimore left two people dead and three others wounded in a series of separate incidents that included three shootings and a late-night fatal stabbing, police said.

A 20-year-old man died Saturday night after being fatally stabbed in the chest, according to authorities.

Police said officers from the Central District discovered the man when responded to the reported stabbing downtown at 20 W. Baltimore Street around 11:28 p.m.

The man, who police have not yet identified, was taken to the Shock Trauma Center and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Few details about the stabbing were available Sunday morning but homicide detectives’ investigation is ongoing.

The W. Baltimore Street killing was the second homicide Saturday after an additional three shootings that left another person dead and three others injured.

Earlier Saturday evening, police were summoned to a home in the 3900 block of Bateman Avenue in the Windsor Hills neighborhood where they found a 55-year-old man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The incident remains under investigation, and detectives have identified a person of interest, police said.

Police were also called to a double-shooting at a public housing complex in Cherry Hill around 3:40 a.m. where two 21-year-old men had been shot.

One of the men, Tyriel Simms, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other, who police have not identified, was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to survive.

And hours before that at 12:40 a.m., a 34-year-old man was shot multiple times near the 6900 block of Harford Road in connection to an alleged robbery that police said happened earlier. The man was injured but did not die.

Despite the recent spree of violence, the number of homicides and shootings in Baltimore are slightly lower than reported in 2025. As of Friday, police data showed there had been 38 homicides in the city in 2026, compared to 51 for the same period last year. The department also reported 116 non-fatal shootings this year, just four less than what was reported in 2025.